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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
arrived
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
back
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
destined
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
don't
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From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
Dr
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
expected
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
Fanny
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
feel
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
few
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
fifth
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
FORGES
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
four
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
gaily
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From this reading "I won’t," said Julia, gaily.
get
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
go
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
going
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
gone
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From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
ITSdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
Julia
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
Julia's
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
just
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
Lacey
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
learned
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
LETTER
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
letters
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
like
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
now
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
office
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
plot
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
post
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
progresses
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
receive
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From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
RESULTS
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
round
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
run
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
said
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
TEMPEST
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
Tuesday
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
Very
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From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
walking
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From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
watch
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have learned from Fanny that four letters arrived from Dr. Lacey; but the fifth she was destined never to receive.
weeks
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From this reading TEMPEST FORGES A LETTER AND ITS RESULTS Let us now go back for a few weeks and watch Julia’s plot as it progresses.
well
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From this reading "Very well," answered Fanny; "but don’t be gone long."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
won't
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From this reading "I won’t," said Julia, gaily.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She was expecting it on Tuesday and was about going to the post office, when Julia said, "Fanny, I feel just like walking this morning; suppose you let me run round to the post office and get your expected letter."
